Not at all. Most of us don't walk down the street dressed like that. I think it's just another case of objectifying women. I don't think too many women would want to watch the sport when they're all dressed like that, so it's really being targeted at guys who like women in underwear.

No. Gridiron is a contact sport and the male players wear all that protective gear for a reason! The women in the lingerie weating league get injured all the time. One of the reasons they wanted to bring the game to Australia is because here they would be covered by medicare while in the US they can't get insurance playing without proper protection. Also, obviously it is more objectification of women. They were in the news recently for rejecting an extremely capable female player for not being pretty enough. an't

I don't understand how these women can objectify themselves like this. How can anyone take them or the sport seriously if they run around in their underwear. They are really harming female integrity if you ask me.

I don't think it's that simple Bryony. Unfortunately this is what sells. This is how they manage to make a decent living playing the sport they love to play. I don't agree with the uniforms, but it's not as simple as blaming the women wearing them.

I'm with Bryony and jonaj. If they are serious about the sport then they should demand to be treated with the same respect as their male counterparts. I am certain more tickets would be sold for the men's games if they were in their underwear as well. This all makes me so angry.

No way is it ok for female players to be dressed in very little while trying to encourage a serious image of any sport. They cannot be serious about the sport if they must rely on their 'assets' to bring in the spectators, so why should we take them seriously? Absolutely agree with Sarah. This is simply another way in which women are objectified and are complicit in their exploitation. Besides, I don't see men playing these sports in underwear for their female audience members.

This may sound pessimistic, but I don't ever seem to think we have come a long way in regards to this sort of stuff. It's difficult to 'come a long way' when people seem to think that backwards is the way to go.

Nope. Is it about the sport or is it a perv fest? I don't even like the way beach volley ball women don't wear proper clothes. In the Dakar, a model pulled her singlet top up showing the majority of her implants, and the Dakar FB page promoted it. The reaction was hilarious - men complained about the picture, saying they just wanted to see the vehicles racing or if they were to show women, they should be in their helmets and firesuits. The women, on the other hand, all ignored the photo and used the opportunity to complain about the stupid team orders of the Minis.

No. Gridiron is a contact sport and the male players wear all that protective gear for a reason! The women in the lingerie weating league get injured all the time. One of the reasons they wanted to bring the game to Australia is because here they would be covered by medicare while in the US they can't get insurance playing without proper protection. Also, obviously it is more objectification of women. They were in the news recently for rejecting an extremely capable female player for not being pretty enough. an't

From a legal perspective, our society allows pretty much anything nowdays as, long as your private bits are covered. Nothing is sacred on TV anymore, so how is a sporting event any different? That said, I am no more or less inclined to watch a grid-iron game as a result of this. It simply doesn't interest me. If a person wants a perv-fest, there are soooo many other options for them today to fill that interest (and whether or not that is a problem is another whole topic on its own). No one should be made to perv or be perved at, but if we choose to wear clothes that naturally make others want to perv at us, we shouldn't then complain that people look at us in that way.

From a personal perspective, I don't think anyone should decrease their risk/safety management practices just to be "sexy" or whatever this is supposed to be. That's just stupid. I don't think anyone should be MADE to wear skimpy clothes in any employment or hobby/pursuit, but if that's what they really want to do, each to their own. I can choose whether I look at it or not. Safety concerns aside (because I'm not an expert on safety in sport) it would seem in this instance the players are OK with it, and I choose not to watch it.

I think women should be allowed to wear what they want, however I believe the 'skimpy' styles of the past were designed to use women's bodies to attract people to view the sport not for the value of the sport or for the physical talent of the players. From a pure sport, physical exertion, exercise point of view it is probably more comfortable to wear clothes. The organisers probably don't think they'd get the ratings if they did that though.

they are setting women back a few decades and pandering to the male gender. It took women years to be taken seriously for having brains and not be targeted as sex objects, and those who are dressed like that are not helping one little bit.

The women are putting themselves back years and years and years. I think it would be more admirable if the women, who we are presuming "just want to play the sport they luuuurrrve" got together and assigned something that was a little more "perv proof". But they certainly don't seem to me to be willing to do that. In the case of grid iron, they ought have the same protective clothing as the men.
I just don't understand any female wanting to be the object of some perverts fantasies. But, I certainly believe that women do this to themselves.

I know I am late to the party but I took one look and went "YUK". The BAFTAS have just been on and one female arrived in something more revealing than a Cher outfit! I was just gobsmacked. Why on earth can't these "ladies" see that they are lowering the bar so badly? It makes men feel free to treat all women as if they are dressed that way because, mentally, they see ALL women that way if ONE woman is. Caveman instinct, I suppose.